Lumbar brace for preventing lumbar kyphosis

Abstract

Provided is a lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace which is capable of being placed on a back surface of a lumbar portion of a wearer to provide resistance to lumbar kyphosis, while facilitating a wearing operation thereof without the occurrence a displacement when it is being worn or during use. The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace comprises: a generally rectangular-shaped resilient plate which has a width dimension capable of covering a lateral region of a back surface of a lumbar portion of a wearer, and a height dimension capable of covering between a hip region and a lower back region of the back surface of the lumbar portion; and a belt engagement member provided on one side of the resilient plate in an engageable manner with a belt of a garment worn by the wearer. The lumbar brace is adapted to be worn in such a manner that the resilient plate is placed on the side of a wearer's body with respect to the garment, while allowing the belt engagement member to be located outside the garment and engaged with the belt of the garment. For example, the resilient plate is made of a resin material, an animal hide such as a cattle hide, or a rubber material.

1 . A lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace comprising:
 a generally rectangular-shaped resilient plate which has a width dimension capable of covering a lateral region of a back surface of a lumbar portion of a wearer, and a height dimension capable of covering between a hip region and a lower back region of the back surface of the lumbar portion; and   a belt engagement member provided on one side of the resilient plate in an engageable manner with a belt of a garment worn by the wearer,   wherein the lumbar brace is adapted to be worn in such a manner that the resilient plate is placed on the side of a wearer's body with respect to the garment, while allowing the belt engagement member to be located outside the garment and engaged with the belt of the garment.   
     
     
         2 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the belt engagement member is formed integrally with the resilient plate. 
     
     
         3 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the belt engagement member is formed separately from the resilient plate, and detachably attached to the resilient plate. 
     
     
         4 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 3 , wherein the resilient plate has an engagement member-receiving hole which is formed on the side of one surface thereof and opened in an upward-downward direction, and wherein the belt engagement member has a leg portion insertable into the engagement member-receiving hole. 
     
     
         5 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 3 , wherein the resilient plate has an engagement member-receiving hole formed to penetrate therethrough in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and wherein the belt engagement member has a leg portion formed with a pin insertable into the engagement member-receiving hole. 
     
     
         6 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined  claim 1 , wherein the resilient plate has a plurality of vent holes formed to penetrate therethrough in a thicknesswise direction thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the resilient plate has a cloth attached onto at least a surface thereof facing the wearer's body. 
     
     
         8 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the resilient plate has one or more magnetic therapeutic devices each equipped with a permanent magnet piece and provided on a surface thereof facing the wearer's body. 
     
     
         9 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the resilient plate is made of one or more selected from the group consisting of a resin material, a cattle hide and a rubber. 
     
     
         10 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the belt engagement member comprises a strip-like member which is formed in a ring shape and attached to the resilient member by a rivet in a 360-degree rotation relation. 
     
     
         11 . The lumbar kyphosis-preventing lumbar brace as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the resilient plate is put in a bag-like cloth cover having at least one lateral edge formed as a closable opening adapted to be closed by a zipper fastener.